World's richest man: Only socialism can save planet

WND ^ | 11/03/15 | Douglas Ernst

[Enlightened1]

Gates wants giant carbon tax, says government 'somewhat inept'

The world’s richest man thinks only socialism – and skyrocketing gas prices – can save the world from climate change.

Bill Gates, whose net worth is roughly $80 billion, told the Atlantic for its November issue that only massive intervention by world governments can head off environmental disaster.

“There’s no fortune to be made. Even if you have a new energy source that costs the same as today’s and emits no CO2, it will be uncertain compared with what’s tried-and-true and already operating at unbelievable scale and has gotten through all the regulatory problems,” Gates said. “Without a substantial carbon tax, there’s no incentive for innovators or plant buyers to switch. Since World War II, U.S.-government R&D has defined the state of the art in almost every area. The private sector is in general inept. The climate problem has to be solved in the rich countries. China and the U.S. and Europe have to solve CO2 emissions, and when they do, hopefully they’ll make it cheap enough for everyone else.”

The billionaire’s rhetoric nearly matches then-Senator Obama’s from 2008, when he told the San Francisco Chronicle’s editorial board of his energy policy, “If somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted. Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. [...] Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, you know, natural gas, you name it – whatever the plants were, whatever the industry was, they would have to, uh, retrofit their operations. That will cost money. They will pass that money on to consumers.”

[PATRIOT1876]

Speaking of Socialism...

I saw a You Tube where some Socialists took the Mr Sandman song and renamed it “Mr Sanders”

Here's what the lyrics should have been:

“Mister Sanders, bring me a dream
Make the fabric of Amerika Socialist without a seam
Give Conservatives and patriots the final Solution
And promote the AGW Scam and call it pollution

Mister Sanders, (ja vol?) bring us a dream
Give us Socialist Communism in the extreme
One is a tragedy, a million a statistic
I don't want to suffer under Obamacare when I am sick
Mister Sanders, I'm so alone
No should have any property to own
Please turn on your laser beam
Your plans are a nightmare to everyone sold as a dream

Mister Sanders, tell me a lie
That Joey Gobbels was quite a guy,
We've got the media in our pocket
Leftwing propaganda's more deadly than a rocket

Mister Sanders, give us someone to oppress
Our form of Socialist would not be like the rest
You've never tried it the way I prepare it
The media talks like a Big Government parrot
Please, please, please
Mister Sanders, bring us a dream”

[Fhios]

READ: only socialism will preserve the our [the wealthy and influential] way of life.

[lurk]

Rich and wise are two different things.

Carbon is carbon; it does no harm to anyone and has always been around. The trees like it.

This is a push for universal control. In the end, that is the sole privilege of Jesus.

[Dr. Ursus]

I don’t see him giving away Outlook for free!

[stubernx98]

Poor Bill, now suffering from dementia,

I remember him running around in his Porshe hitting the bars in Seattle.

that is what to expect from A undergrad from Harvard/s

[Huskrrrr]

Great, give 95% of your wealth to the poor.

[Vinnie]

Excellent.
Let’s leave him with $100k, oh heck, give him $200k and redistribute the rest.

[headstamp 2]

Stick to software, Bill. Maybe you need to go back to work also. Occupy your mind a bit.

Bill Gates:

“I got mine, how’s yours?”

[longfellow]

Screw gates. Another ahole that should be kicked out of the country.

[LeonardFMason]

Hey Bill! Get right with God. ALL YOUR MONEY won’t mean a thing when you meet him.

[ScottinVA]

So...

If Gates is REALLY serious about “globull warming,” he’ll forever eschew private air travel, purchase of petroleum products of any kind, sell his limos and ride city buses, sell all his real estate assets and conduct business only via virtual media.

No more riding anywhere in luxury.

No more Gulfstream flights to Davos.

And no more conducting business with those who do.

That is... if he’s truly serious...

[SkyDancer]

But he made his fortune under capitalism. How hypocritical of him.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Titie quote: World's richest man: Only socialism can save planet

In other words: "I've made mine, so all you proles just shut up, keep buying my products and don't you dare try to disturb me and my elite friends, you troglodytes!"

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Moonbat Billy Gates in NOT the richest man in the world.

The net worth of Gates is less than $80 billion.

According to a thread here on FR on October 23rd, Spanish clothing magnate Amancio Ortega is the wealthiest man in the world, with a net worth of US$ 79.8 billion.

Mr. Ortega owns the European clothing retailer Zara.

The fool Gates worries about globull warming, which does not exist, and bashes the capitalist system which made him a fortune beyond his wildest dreams. What a tool.

[WKUHilltopper]

Hey Gates...how about we redistribute your wealth?

[central_va]

I never occurs to these moguls to spread the wealth TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. A guy like Gates and Microsoft look for every way they can to cut out Americans and get the cheapest labor rates they can thru H-1b visas. If they wanted to redistribute why not start at home.

[Little Ray]

Translation: “Rob me last!”

[Sarah Barracuda]

If Bill Gates feels that way perhaps the Govt should take 90 percent of HIS wealth..cause ya know, sharing is caring

[shotgun]

I sold off my Microsoft stock in the 90’s when they were pushing for more gun control at the behest of the Clintons and partying with the Clintons every couple months in Seattle.